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Ollantaytambo
Ollantaytambo is the best preserved of all Inca settlements where people have lived continuously for 600 years or more.
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The recent village and the terraces below the sun temple
Terraces and the valley of Patakancha
The sun temple - six monoliths
19th century engraving

Looking down to the Patakancha valley

Terraces below the sun temple
Terraces below the sun temple
Terraces below the sun temple
Terraces below the sun temple
Terraces below the sun temple
 A trapezoidal stone doorway
The sun temple - six monoliths
Inca stonework
Finely shaped stones
 A carving on the sun temple
Fortifications
Fortifications
The House of ñustas
The House of ñustas
A recent thatching of an Inca building
Ollantay a local chief
The recent village
The Inca origins of the village
The Inca origins of the village
   
Trapezoidal stone doorway in the village
Trapezoidal stone doorway in the village
    
     
 
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